# How Public AI Platforms Are Silently Eroding Trade Secret Protection

- slug: how-public-ai-platforms-are-silently-eroding-trade-secret-protection
- date: 2026-04-07
- category: Agentics

Two federal courts just held the same doctrine independently: sharing proprietary information with a public AI platform without a confidentiality contract waives trade secret rights. Developers reach for AI. Legal restricts it. That gap is where protection erodes.

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